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Clarion
The official student publication of Bethel College
Friday/ May 3/ 1996 Volume 71, Number 14
Olympic Exclusive
An Olympic
Opportunity
Join the twenty-eight
Bethel students who will
work at the 100th
plympiad. After extensive
training, they are ready to
compete.
Arts
Chase A Star
' Dale Johnson's
illustrations in new book
receive acclamation from
local publication.
Editorial
Words Of Wisdom
An outspoken senior
shares four years of
lessons, leisure and
lecture.
Life's A Beach
Those aren't exactly the
■words Hohnberger uses,
but he says we can learn
something from the old
cliche'.
News
Graduates' Grub
How much will new grads
earn in the real world.
The stats tell all, but
remember, it's too late to
change your major.
Coach Hunter resigns after
consecutive "Sweet 16" appearances
By SETH HINRICHS
Sports Editor
Bethel
women's
Athletic
director and
women's
basketball
coach. Deb
Hunter, has
officially resigned from both
positions with the college as of-
May 31st. Hunter originally
planned to take a leave of
absence from the two positions
beginning next year, but she
recently decided to turn that into
a full resignation.
Hunter plans to leave Bethel
for the business world, heading
to Austin, Texas for a year to
work with a company that
manufactures specialized fitness
equipment. She then plans to
come back to Minnesota and
begin the same type of business
here.
Being at Bethel for the last
ten years, Hunter has become a
well-respected Athletic Director
and the winningest coach in
Bethel's history.
Her women's basketball
team has been one of the top
Division III programs in the
nation. This year the team
compiled a record of 17-3 in the
MIAC and advanced to the
national tournament.
Hunter's coaching ability has
received recoginition beyond
Bethel. Revered by many as one
of the University of Minnesota's
best women's basketball players
ever. Hunter has often been
mentioned as the next coach of
the University of Minnesota
women's basketball team. But,
Hunter has said publicly that she
has no interest at this time of
coaching at the University, or
anywhere else for now.
Hunter told the St. Paul
Pioneer Press, "Going division
1 is huge. It's being absolutely
immersed in basketball. How
do you balance a life that has to
be totally devoted to basketball?
It took a lot to get this program
established and to get it some
attention nationally. I'm sad
about leaving, but I'm excited
about doing something else."
Hunter's character shows in
her coaching. As a coach she is
spirited and she is her players
biggest advocate — both on and
off the court. She is one of
Bethel's finest coaches and will
be sorely missed by Bethel's
Athletic Department. Hunter is
not a coach who measures her
success in terms of wins and
losses.
How does she then?
Contentment, according to
Hunter, is to be measured
elsewhere. "I'm a firm
believer," she told the 5/. Paul
Pioneer Press, "that winning
doesn't breed contentment. I've
always been one to chase
dreams. I'd like to see if I'm
good at something else. It's not
a Bethel issue. It's not a burnout
issue. It's a me issue. I don't
want to wake up somewhere
down the line and worry that
I've missed something."
Prayer at Texas Christian student to live off campus
flagpole continues
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORPUS CHRISTI,
Texas— The Corpus Christi
Independent School District has
agreed to stipulate on record
that campus prayer gatherings
known as "See You at the Pole"
events won't be disrupted, the
school district attorney says.
Under a partial settlement of
a 1993 federal lawsuit over
district policies regarding
student gatherings, the district
also agreed to ^^^^^^^^^
pay 17
students and
their parents
$6,000,
lawyer
Shirley Selz
said.
After a
1992 incident
that prompted
the suit, the
prayer events
have been ^^^^^^^^
held on
Corpus Christi campuses for the
past three years without
incident, Ms. Selz said.
The Rutherford Institute, a
Charlottesville, Va., civil
liberties group that specializes
in defending religious freedom,
said the settlement was a
warning to other schools.
"Government attempts at
intimidation or interference
with the students' prayers will
not be tolerated," said Kelly
Shackelford, a spokesman for
the group's Dallas branch.
The settlement, does not
include any significant change
in school policy, Ms. Selz said.
"Government
attempts at
intimidation or
interference...
will not be
tolerated."
"It was really just an effort
to come to some agreement,"
she said. "Saying that we agreed
to it in court was not anything
different from what we were
doing anyway."
The Rutherford Institute
filed the lawsuit on behalf of the
students and parents in 1993,
several months after students at
Moody and King high schools
and Browne Middle School
gathered at campus flagpoles to
^^^^^^^^^ participate in
™ t h e
nationwide
prayer vigil.
Ms. Selz
said school
administrators
broke up the
gatherings
because the
students
failed to seek
proper
' permission.
A school
district policy says students
must seek permission before
any on-campus gathering,
regardless of whether it
concerns religion, she added.
"If they'd gone through the
proper process, there wouldn't
have been any problem in the
first place," she said.
But the students and their
parents complained that the
district was violating their civil
rights. Two months after the
flagpole incident, the district
changed its policy to say that
groups need only notify the
school principal before
gatherings.
By COLLEGE PRESS
KEARNEY, Neb.—A
devout Christian student at the
University of Nebraska at
Kearney will be allowed to live
off campus despite a rule that
requires most freshman to live
in the dorms.
A federal judge has ailed in
favor of Douglas Rader, aUNK
freshman, who had sued to live
off campus because of his
religious beliefs. .
Before classes started at the
UNK last fall, Rader asked to
be excused from a university
rule that says all freshman under
19 must live on-campus.
"The obnoxious alcohol
parties in the dormitories, the
immoral atmosphere and the
intolerance towards those who
profess to be Christians would
severely hinder my free
exercise of religion and are a
definite hardship for me." Rader
wrote in a petition to the
university.
The university admitted that
up to eight alcohol violations
occur each week on its dry
campus, and that all residence
halls have condom machines.
But when the university refused
to grant his request to live in the
off campus Christian Student
Fellowship house, Rader sued.
U.S. District Court Judge
David Piester ruled April 5 that
the UNK cannot force students
to live on campus if doing so
would conflict with their
religious beliefs.
Piester said the university
had violated the First
Amendment by "selectively"
allowing only certain groups of
freshman to be exempt from the
rule. Of approximately 2,500
full-time freshman attending
classes, 1,600 reside on campus
and 900 freshman live off,
Piester noted.
Among those excused are
freshman who are married, or
are 19 years of age or older, or
who are commuting from a
home that is more than 20 miles
away.
"When administrators refuse
to consider an entire class of
individuals, freshman students
who desire to live at (Christian
Student Fellowship house)
based upon their faith ... I am
unable to conclude that the rule
is being enforced in a neutral
manner," Piester wrote.
The university had defended
its policy in court by arguing
that requiring freshman to live
on campus "fosters diversity,
promotes tolerance, increases
'the level of academic
achievement, and improves the
graduation rate."
The university's chancellor,
Gladys Styles Johnston, had
said that requests for exceptions
based upon religious beliefs—
such as Rader's—are not
considered extenuating
circumstances and should not
be granted.
Students who do not wish to
live in the dorms for religious
reasons should not attend UNK,
Johnston had said.
Rader's attorney, Jefferson
Downing, told reporters that the
decision would have "some
national influence" because it is
the first successful challenge of
an on-campus residency
requirement to which a student
objected for religious reasons.
Rader, who soon will
complete his freshman year, has
been allowed to live in the
Christian Student Fellowship
house while awaiting the court's
decision.

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Clarion
The official student publication of Bethel College
Friday/ May 3/ 1996 Volume 71, Number 14
Olympic Exclusive
An Olympic
Opportunity
Join the twenty-eight
Bethel students who will
work at the 100th
plympiad. After extensive
training, they are ready to
compete.
Arts
Chase A Star
' Dale Johnson's
illustrations in new book
receive acclamation from
local publication.
Editorial
Words Of Wisdom
An outspoken senior
shares four years of
lessons, leisure and
lecture.
Life's A Beach
Those aren't exactly the
■words Hohnberger uses,
but he says we can learn
something from the old
cliche'.
News
Graduates' Grub
How much will new grads
earn in the real world.
The stats tell all, but
remember, it's too late to
change your major.
Coach Hunter resigns after
consecutive "Sweet 16" appearances
By SETH HINRICHS
Sports Editor
Bethel
women's
Athletic
director and
women's
basketball
coach. Deb
Hunter, has
officially resigned from both
positions with the college as of-
May 31st. Hunter originally
planned to take a leave of
absence from the two positions
beginning next year, but she
recently decided to turn that into
a full resignation.
Hunter plans to leave Bethel
for the business world, heading
to Austin, Texas for a year to
work with a company that
manufactures specialized fitness
equipment. She then plans to
come back to Minnesota and
begin the same type of business
here.
Being at Bethel for the last
ten years, Hunter has become a
well-respected Athletic Director
and the winningest coach in
Bethel's history.
Her women's basketball
team has been one of the top
Division III programs in the
nation. This year the team
compiled a record of 17-3 in the
MIAC and advanced to the
national tournament.
Hunter's coaching ability has
received recoginition beyond
Bethel. Revered by many as one
of the University of Minnesota's
best women's basketball players
ever. Hunter has often been
mentioned as the next coach of
the University of Minnesota
women's basketball team. But,
Hunter has said publicly that she
has no interest at this time of
coaching at the University, or
anywhere else for now.
Hunter told the St. Paul
Pioneer Press, "Going division
1 is huge. It's being absolutely
immersed in basketball. How
do you balance a life that has to
be totally devoted to basketball?
It took a lot to get this program
established and to get it some
attention nationally. I'm sad
about leaving, but I'm excited
about doing something else."
Hunter's character shows in
her coaching. As a coach she is
spirited and she is her players
biggest advocate — both on and
off the court. She is one of
Bethel's finest coaches and will
be sorely missed by Bethel's
Athletic Department. Hunter is
not a coach who measures her
success in terms of wins and
losses.
How does she then?
Contentment, according to
Hunter, is to be measured
elsewhere. "I'm a firm
believer," she told the 5/. Paul
Pioneer Press, "that winning
doesn't breed contentment. I've
always been one to chase
dreams. I'd like to see if I'm
good at something else. It's not
a Bethel issue. It's not a burnout
issue. It's a me issue. I don't
want to wake up somewhere
down the line and worry that
I've missed something."
Prayer at Texas Christian student to live off campus
flagpole continues
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORPUS CHRISTI,
Texas— The Corpus Christi
Independent School District has
agreed to stipulate on record
that campus prayer gatherings
known as "See You at the Pole"
events won't be disrupted, the
school district attorney says.
Under a partial settlement of
a 1993 federal lawsuit over
district policies regarding
student gatherings, the district
also agreed to ^^^^^^^^^
pay 17
students and
their parents
$6,000,
lawyer
Shirley Selz
said.
After a
1992 incident
that prompted
the suit, the
prayer events
have been ^^^^^^^^
held on
Corpus Christi campuses for the
past three years without
incident, Ms. Selz said.
The Rutherford Institute, a
Charlottesville, Va., civil
liberties group that specializes
in defending religious freedom,
said the settlement was a
warning to other schools.
"Government attempts at
intimidation or interference
with the students' prayers will
not be tolerated," said Kelly
Shackelford, a spokesman for
the group's Dallas branch.
The settlement, does not
include any significant change
in school policy, Ms. Selz said.
"Government
attempts at
intimidation or
interference...
will not be
tolerated."
"It was really just an effort
to come to some agreement,"
she said. "Saying that we agreed
to it in court was not anything
different from what we were
doing anyway."
The Rutherford Institute
filed the lawsuit on behalf of the
students and parents in 1993,
several months after students at
Moody and King high schools
and Browne Middle School
gathered at campus flagpoles to
^^^^^^^^^ participate in
™ t h e
nationwide
prayer vigil.
Ms. Selz
said school
administrators
broke up the
gatherings
because the
students
failed to seek
proper
' permission.
A school
district policy says students
must seek permission before
any on-campus gathering,
regardless of whether it
concerns religion, she added.
"If they'd gone through the
proper process, there wouldn't
have been any problem in the
first place," she said.
But the students and their
parents complained that the
district was violating their civil
rights. Two months after the
flagpole incident, the district
changed its policy to say that
groups need only notify the
school principal before
gatherings.
By COLLEGE PRESS
KEARNEY, Neb.—A
devout Christian student at the
University of Nebraska at
Kearney will be allowed to live
off campus despite a rule that
requires most freshman to live
in the dorms.
A federal judge has ailed in
favor of Douglas Rader, aUNK
freshman, who had sued to live
off campus because of his
religious beliefs. .
Before classes started at the
UNK last fall, Rader asked to
be excused from a university
rule that says all freshman under
19 must live on-campus.
"The obnoxious alcohol
parties in the dormitories, the
immoral atmosphere and the
intolerance towards those who
profess to be Christians would
severely hinder my free
exercise of religion and are a
definite hardship for me." Rader
wrote in a petition to the
university.
The university admitted that
up to eight alcohol violations
occur each week on its dry
campus, and that all residence
halls have condom machines.
But when the university refused
to grant his request to live in the
off campus Christian Student
Fellowship house, Rader sued.
U.S. District Court Judge
David Piester ruled April 5 that
the UNK cannot force students
to live on campus if doing so
would conflict with their
religious beliefs.
Piester said the university
had violated the First
Amendment by "selectively"
allowing only certain groups of
freshman to be exempt from the
rule. Of approximately 2,500
full-time freshman attending
classes, 1,600 reside on campus
and 900 freshman live off,
Piester noted.
Among those excused are
freshman who are married, or
are 19 years of age or older, or
who are commuting from a
home that is more than 20 miles
away.
"When administrators refuse
to consider an entire class of
individuals, freshman students
who desire to live at (Christian
Student Fellowship house)
based upon their faith ... I am
unable to conclude that the rule
is being enforced in a neutral
manner," Piester wrote.
The university had defended
its policy in court by arguing
that requiring freshman to live
on campus "fosters diversity,
promotes tolerance, increases
'the level of academic
achievement, and improves the
graduation rate."
The university's chancellor,
Gladys Styles Johnston, had
said that requests for exceptions
based upon religious beliefs—
such as Rader's—are not
considered extenuating
circumstances and should not
be granted.
Students who do not wish to
live in the dorms for religious
reasons should not attend UNK,
Johnston had said.
Rader's attorney, Jefferson
Downing, told reporters that the
decision would have "some
national influence" because it is
the first successful challenge of
an on-campus residency
requirement to which a student
objected for religious reasons.
Rader, who soon will
complete his freshman year, has
been allowed to live in the
Christian Student Fellowship
house while awaiting the court's
decision.